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Updated: 9:32 PM Sep 30, 2011
Muslim Missionaries Seek Converts In Jerusalem
Effort to spread Islam in Hebrew shows Muslims' confidence
Posted: 9:32 PM Sep 30, 2011Reporter: Associated Press |
In this Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011 photo, a Muslim missionary approaches a passer by with a pamphlet about Islam outside Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City.
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JERUSALEM (AP) -- About a dozen Muslim missionaries are seeking
converts in Jerusalem.
The bearded men approach Jews in and around the Old City and
address them politely in Hebrew.
There are no signs the endeavor has met with any success. Most of the handful of Jews who convert do so to marry Muslim men, rather than from proselytizing. Still, the effort to spread Islam in Hebrew reflects growing confidence on the part of some Muslims who are members of Israel's Arab minority.
Centuries of persecution and aggressive conversion attempts by
Christian and Muslim majorities have made Jews deeply hostile to
proselytizing. Israeli law places some restrictions on missionary
activity, forbidding targeting minors or offering financial incentives, but does not outlaw it altogether.
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